CVE-2021-20208
Citrix CIFS Utils Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
A flaw was found in cifs-utils in versions before 6.13. A user when mounting a krb5 CIFS file system from within a container can use Kerberos credentials of the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
INFO
Published Date :
April 19, 2021, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
4.7
Exploitability Score :
0.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2021-20208
vulnerability.
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CVE-2021-20208.
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CVE-2021-20208 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-20208 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z4BZSJXROEFHYATAAHHRR6P3HUSMPQB3/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2W4HSDIWXXNQBUW5ZS37RQMLJ7THK5AS/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66WJ3SVBHCSNQZAWSGLB6FBOCFU45FFG/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Z4BZSJXROEFHYATAAHHRR6P3HUSMPQB3/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2W4HSDIWXXNQBUW5ZS37RQMLJ7THK5AS/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/66WJ3SVBHCSNQZAWSGLB6FBOCFU45FFG/ -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 10, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2W4HSDIWXXNQBUW5ZS37RQMLJ7THK5AS/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2W4HSDIWXXNQBUW5ZS37RQMLJ7THK5AS/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/66WJ3SVBHCSNQZAWSGLB6FBOCFU45FFG/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/66WJ3SVBHCSNQZAWSGLB6FBOCFU45FFG/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Z4BZSJXROEFHYATAAHHRR6P3HUSMPQB3/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Z4BZSJXROEFHYATAAHHRR6P3HUSMPQB3/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 01, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2W4HSDIWXXNQBUW5ZS37RQMLJ7THK5AS/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/66WJ3SVBHCSNQZAWSGLB6FBOCFU45FFG/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 25, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Z4BZSJXROEFHYATAAHHRR6P3HUSMPQB3/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 29, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921116 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921116 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14651 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14651 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0 up to (excluding) 6.13 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-20208 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-20208
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.02%
score
0.37740
percentile